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HYMENAEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical American timber trees

Synonyms:

genus Hymenaea; Hymenaea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hymenaea" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Hymenaea"):

courbaril; Hymenaea courbaril (West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood)

Holonyms ("Hymenaea" is a member of...):

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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